The Trenches

2010 Canadian film by Claude Cloutier

The Trenches

French| La Tranchée
Directed by| Claude Cloutier
Written by| Claude Cloutier
Produced by| Marc Bertrand
Edited by| José Heppell
Animation by| Claude Cloutier

Production
company

National Film Board of Canada

Release date

* June 2, 2010 (2010-06-02) (Animafest)

Running time

| 6 minutes
Country| Canada

The Trenches (French: La Tranchée) is a Canadian animated short film, written, directed and animated by Claude Cloutier for the National Film Board of Canada.[1] The film is a portrait of soldiers fighting in the trenches during World War I.[1]

The film premiered in June 2010 at Animafest Zagreb,[1] and had its Canadian premiere at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival.[2]

The film was a Genie Award nominee for Best Animated Short Film at the 31st Genie Awards in 2011.[3]

## References

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1. ^ a b c Bill Brownstein, "Animator takes a black-and-white approach to war in The Trenches". Montreal Gazette, October 15, 2010.
2. ^ Jason Anderson, "Burton Cummings attacked!: . . . and other inspired TIFF shorts". Toronto Star, September 2, 2010.
3. ^ Chris Arrant, "'Lipsett Diaries' Wins Best Animated Short at Canada’s Genie Awards. Cartoon Brew, March 14, 2011.

## External links

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* The Trenches at IMDb
* Watch The Trenches on the NFB website

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